Question

Change in composition after distillation

Answer 1

Distillation is an important commercial process that is used in the purification of a large variety of materials. However, before we begin a discussion of distillation, it would probably be beneficial to define the terms that describe the process and related properties. Many of these are terms that you are familiar with but the exact definitions may not be known to you. Let us begin by describing the process by which a substance is transformed from the condensed phase to the gas phase. For a liquid, this process is called vaporizationand for a solid it is called sublimation